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The candidates working to change into New York Metropolis’s subsequent mayor already face a laundry checklist of challenges as the town recovers from the pandemic.
In latest weeks, one other difficulty has emerged: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is below intense scrutiny after three ladies accused him of sexual harassment. Whereas some candidates have referred to as for an investigation into the ladies’s claims, others have pushed for the governor to resign.
The candidates working to succeed Mr. de Blasio had been speaking about how they’d have a greater relationship with Mr. Cuomo, however the tone drastically modified in latest days, my colleague Emma Fitzsimmons wrote.
[Mr. Cuomo’s troubles may alter the dynamic for the next mayor.]
Right here’s how among the Democratic candidates have reacted:
Maya Wiley
Ms. Wiley, former counsel to Mayor Invoice de Blasio, has made a number of statements calling for a “truly independent investigation” freed from the governor’s affect.
Ms. Wiley, who criticized Mr. Cuomo for avoiding public appearances throughout a public well being disaster, additionally mentioned that “nobody ought to throw round phrases like impeachment or resignation evenly.”
“If you maintain public workplace, when you might have the facility of the state at your finger suggestions, you must exhibit to all of us that you’re above reproach,” she mentioned in an Instagram video.
Dianne Morales
Final week, Ms. Morales, a former nonprofit govt, supported bipartisan calls for impeachment proceedings after the governor admitted to withholding knowledge on virus-related deaths in nursing houses.
Days later, she doubled down on her place and mentioned she supported an investigation into the governor’s office in response to the sexual harassment allegations.
“Governor Cuomo shouldn’t be allowed to wreck any extra lives,” Ms. Morales said in the statement.
Andrew Yang
Mr. Yang, a former Democratic presidential candidate, has additionally referred to as for an unbiased investigation into the sexual harassment allegations. Mr. Yang had beforehand mentioned that he had an in with Mr. Cuomo, citing his relationship with the CNN host Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother.
Scott M. Stringer
Mr. Stringer, the town comptroller, was thought of an ally to Mr. Cuomo and was the one mayoral candidate invited to forged the state’s elector ballots for President Joseph R. Biden.
Mr. Stringer mentioned he didn’t tolerate sexual harassment.
“I proceed to assist a radical and actually unbiased investigation of the governor’s conduct, and if it helps these critical and credible allegations, Governor Cuomo should resign,” he mentioned.
Two ladies who labored at a New Haven, Conn., restaurant collectively realized they’re organic sisters. [ABC]
And at last: The struggle for Jing Fong
The Occasions’ Melissa Guerrero writes:
The “Save Jing Fong! Shield Chinatown!” chants have been heard up and down Canal Avenue on Tuesday morning. Over 70 individuals gathered to protest the closing of the biggest restaurant within the space — and one in all few unionized eating places in New York Metropolis.
Jing Fong is ending indoor eating on March 7. The closing is due, partially, to the enterprise losses attributable to the pandemic.
The restaurant will stay open for takeout, supply and out of doors eating, however 150 staff will lose their jobs.
“They closed eating, we stopped working,” mentioned TanLi Zhen, 59, who labored as a dim sum server for over 20 years.
[See what happened as workers protested on Canal Street.]
Over 70 Jing Fong staff are members of 318 Restaurant Employees Union. The restaurant’s measurement underscores its affect as a group area and its impact on surrounding companies.
“My brother’s buddy was imagined to get married there,” Antonia Kuo, 33, mentioned. She frequented Jing Fong and was there to indicate assist. “The eating room being an energetic place for the group is sort of a main asset, and shedding it’s a tragedy.”
It’s Wednesday — be heard.
Metropolitan Diary: His cease
Expensive Diary:
I lived and labored as a instructor in East Harlem within the mid-Nineteen Seventies. A number of evenings every week, I took a yoga class at East West Books on Fifth Avenue close to 14th Avenue. The category would end by 9 p.m., and I might take the No. 6 dwelling.
One night time after leaving class, I boarded a moderately crowded automobile similtaneously a male passenger who had clearly spent a while at a neighborhood pub. Though innocent, he was verbally obnoxious.
“Is that this 59th Avenue?” he shouted because the prepare made its stops on the best way uptown.
After we stopped at Grand Central, he did it once more.
“Is that this 59th Avenue?” he shouted.
This time, everybody within the automobile, it appeared, responded loudly in unison: “Sure!”
He acquired off the prepare.
— Marilyn Ellickson
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